Chapter 166 - Counseling

When Zhang Wei woke up, it was already time to hand in the test papers.

Half of the math problems he attempted were left unfinished.

Even if all the ones he completed were correct, it would still be impossible to pass.

He knew that he had bombed this mock exam.

After the proctor collected the test papers, four hangers-on approached.

Li Qiang asked curiously, “Wei, didn’t you take a nap this afternoon?

Why do you still look so tired?”

“Maybe it’s because I haven’t slept well these past few days, I need to catch up.”

Zhang Wei felt that his current exhaustion was probably due to not sleeping well in the previous days.

He knew that he had bombed the first two subjects, but tomorrow’s Literature and English were his strengths.

He hoped to do well in those two subjects.

As he left the classroom with the four of them, Zhang Wei wiped his eyes.

He thought he really needed a good sleep after dinner.

Ye Qiu, Li Shen, and Zhu Zhiming arrived at the internet cafe, continuing to level up in the game.

As for that ‘Angry Little Loli,’ she still followed them from a distance.

Ye Qiu found it strange.

It was a Wednesday; if the girl was indeed a little loli, she should be a primary or middle school student and should be in school.

Yet she always seemed to be playing games.

Could she be a little loli who loves skipping classes?

Ye Qiu did not know, but with Li Shen and Zhu Zhiming watching over him, even if he got rare items from killing monsters, the little loli couldn’t get close and could only watch enviously from afar.

At 5 p.m., Ye Qiu knew that Liu Lingxiu had finished her exam, so he and Li Shen left the internet cafe and returned to the teaching building.

They saw Liu Lingxiu waiting by his electric bicycle.

This math exam was harder than the monthly test.

Liu Lingxiu knew her score this time would not be as good as the monthly test, and might be similar to the joint test.

Especially the last few challenging problems, there was almost one small part she couldn’t solve.

When Liu Lingxiu got on Ye Qiu’s electric bike and asked about the math problems, she knew from his answers that he had done much better than her.

Su Luoluo could only watch them leave from behind.

She wasn’t sure if Ye Qiu would come to the classroom for self-study tonight.

She hadn’t seen Ye Qiu and Liu Lingxiu last night and didn’t know where they had gone.

Ye Qiu rode to Liu Lingxiu’s house.

When he parked the bike and went inside with her, Zhang Yuehong, who was busy in the kitchen, had already noticed them.

Zhang Yuehong felt that Ye Qiu and Liu Lingxiu had been stressed with exams and needed a good meal, so she had bought a free-range chicken to cook for them.

Usually, she just bought some ready-made food from the market.

Seeing them come back, she told them to wait a moment, as dinner would soon be ready.

Ye Qiu followed Liu Lingxiu to her room.

She put down her books, sat on the bed, and looked at Ye Qiu gently, saying, “I think I’ll score around a hundred points less than you in the college entrance exam.

You wouldn’t really apply to the same university as me, would you?”

“Of course I’ll apply to the same university as you.

Why else am I treating you so well?”

Liu Lingxiu felt relieved after hearing that.

Ye Qiu took out a wad of cash from his pocket.

When Liu Lingxiu looked at him curiously, Ye Qiu said, “This is for groceries.

Give it to your mom to buy food.”

Liu Lingxiu quickly guessed that this was a food subsidy from Ye Qiu.

Although she knew he made money quickly by treating people, she felt it wasn’t appropriate for him to pay for their groceries.

“My mom wouldn’t accept it.”

“Isn’t it nice to have better meals every day?”

Liu Lingxiu reluctantly accepted the money, but she knew it would be difficult to get her parents to take it.

After putting the money away, they waited until her parents finished cooking dinner.

After washing their hands, they sat down to eat.

Zhang Yuehong and Liu Daqing asked about their mock exams.

Upon hearing they did well, they felt relieved.

After dinner, Ye Qiu rode back to Jiangbei No.

3 Middle School with Liu Lingxiu.

They entered the classroom building and went to their classroom.

Ye Qiu went to his seat and saw Su Luoluo sitting there.

Su Luoluo asked, “Have you eaten?”

Ye Qiu nodded.

Su Luoluo took out prepared desserts and a hot drink from her desk and placed them in front of Ye Qiu, saying, “Desserts after dinner.”

Ye Qiu looked at them but didn’t eat.

Su Luoluo put them away, looking somewhat unhappy and disappointed.

“My humanities are not very good.

Can you help me with them?”

Ye Qiu was waiting for Li Shen and Zhu Zhiming to come so they could go to the internet cafe, but he didn’t expect Su Luoluo to ask him for tutoring in humanities.

“Sure.”

Ye Qiu replied coldly.

But Su Luoluo was very happy upon hearing that.

Her previous sadness vanished, and she felt warm, like the sunshine melting the cold winter.

Su Luoluo brought out all her humanities questions and problems she didn’t understand and moved closer to Ye Qiu, asking him to explain them.

Su Luoluo still looked as beautiful and delicate as ever.

Her face, resembling that of someone from the Heavenly Court Imperial Medical Bureau, her smiling lips, expectant eyes, unique aura, and fragrance had all once fascinated Ye Qiu, and now reminded him of those times.

Su Luoluo didn’t know what Ye Qiu was thinking, but she listened attentively while Ye Qiu explained the questions.

When Li Shen and Zhu Zhiming arrived at the classroom intending to call Ye Qiu to the internet cafe, they saw him tutoring Su Luoluo and realized he wouldn’t be going.

Seated at the front of the class, Liu Lingxiu naturally saw this scene.

Initially, she was curious but later realized Ye Qiu was tutoring Su Luoluo in humanities.

Though Liu Lingxiu already considered herself not very good at humanities and intended to ask Ye Qiu for help, she unexpectedly found him tutoring Su Luoluo instead.

This made Liu Lingxiu a bit jealous and disappointed.

She was also afraid Ye Qiu would revert to his old self.

Time passed quickly.

When the second evening self-study session ended, it was already past nine o’clock.

Su Luoluo went to the restroom and planned to return to continue the tutoring with Ye Qiu.

Liu Lingxiu glanced at Ye Qiu but didn’t approach him.

Ye Qiu pondered what Liu Lingxiu might be thinking.

Su Luoluo hurried to the restroom and returned to her seat.

She took out the desserts again for Ye Qiu, but he didn’t eat them and instead handed them to Liu Lingxiu.

Liu Lingxiu smiled brightly upon receiving the desserts, but Su Luoluo saw this and bit her lip hard.